Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Task Force ID's Performance Measures to Reduce Patient's Heart Risks
0 comments Posted by Partnership for Prevention at 8:24 AMThirteen key aspects of cardiovascular disease prevention are identified as performance measures in a new, comprehensive set of detailed steps to help healthcare providers reduce patients’ risk for heart problems. The performance measures, developed by a joint task force of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association, are simultaneously published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
The 13 measures are:
- lifestyle/risk factor screening
- dietary intake counseling
- physical activity counseling
- smoking/tobacco use assessment
- smoking/tobacco cessation
- weight and body fat assessment
- weight management
- blood pressure measurement
- blood pressure control
- blood lipid measurement
- blood lipid therapy and control
- estimation of a patient’s global risk for developing heart disease
- aspirin use in at-risk patients
Monday, September 21, 2009
Smoking Bans Lead to 17% Drop in Heart Attack Rates in One Year
1 comments Posted by Partnership for Prevention at 2:21 PMHeart attack rates fall 17% within a year after smoking bans take effect, according to two recent analyses of laws in the USA, Canada and Europe. One analysis, which included 13 studies, appears in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. A second analysis, which considered 11 studies, appears in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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